Data Retention & Lifecycle Policy
Last Updated: November 13, 2026
1. Active Accounts
Databases on active developer accounts remain hosted indefinitely without forced deprecation or synthetic inactivity pauses. As long as your account remains in good standing under the 5 GB quota, your data is retained.
2. Inactive & Dormant Accounts
Accounts with zero logins, queries, or API calls for over 180 continuous days may receive email notifications regarding scheduled archival. If no response is received within 30 days of notification, database snapshots are created, and inactive clusters are paused to reclaim shared resources.
3. Database Deletion & Account Termination
When a database is deleted by a user via the console or API, the PostgreSQL database is dropped immediately (`DROP DATABASE`), terminating all existing connection pools. Related backup snapshots are purged within 14 days following deletion.
4. Backup Retention
User-triggered manual and automated backups are retained according to the account plan tier:
- Free Tier: Backups are retained for 14 days from generation.
- Pro & Enterprise Tiers: Backups are retained for 30 to 90 days.